Band Members

The KOI History

The band formed in back in 2012 when Byron invited a whole bunch of us around for a jam session at his place in Brakpan.
Initially we would just get together every 6 weeks or so at his place and set up in the living room and just jam all day and have a braai, there was no structure to what we were doing, everyone would just go and pick an instrument when they saw fit and create some improvisational tunes. The inspiration was purely just the want to play some music together, no specific goal or sound, just whatever transpired organically.

So initially the session became known as the KOI sessions, an acronym for the Kings of Improv, more of a jam sesion than a specific band. After about a year there was eventually only the same four guys rocking up to the sessions, Byron, Chad, our founding drummer Stefan Roodt and myself (Lloyd), and before we knew it songs were forming. During 2013 we started getting together more frequently to start getting our set together for the gigging circuit.

We played our first gig in 2014 at a friends plot in Pomona, and after that it was just a case of getting out there and playing gigs. Stefan left the band in late 2014 to pursue other endeavours and so that left a spot for someone new to join the fray. About 6 months later, Slade joined on the buckets, we decided to change the improv to improg, just because it rolled off the tongue so nicely, and is an amalgamation of improv and prog, prog rock being the genre we play, and the rest is as they say is history.

You can also find us at the following links

Henosis (2017)

Track Listing

Ferrum

Keymaker

Gaea

Insurgent

Enigma

Ascension

Album credits

Recorded at Audio Nebula by Byron Muller and Chad Snell
Mixed by Byron Muller
Mastered by Larry DeVivo at Silvertone Mastering, NY.
Album design by Lloyd Mckeen
Album artwork by Shaun Cleland
Photography by Chris dos Santos
The Cornerstone concept short story by Dylan Doyle
KOI would like to thank our friends and family for their continued support throughout this journey. To all the venues that have hosted us along the way, to all our loyal fans that have stuck with us from the beginning, you’ve made this all worthwhile.
And lastly, to one of our founding members Stefan Roodt for laying the foundation with us.
Recorded at Audio Nebula by Byron Muller and Chad Snell
Mixed by Byron Muller
Mastered by Larry DeVivo at Silvertone Mastering, NY.
Album design by Lloyd Mckeen
Album artwork by Shaun Cleland
Photography by Chris dos Santos
The Cornerstone concept short story by Dylan Doyle
KOI would like to thank our friends and family for their continued support throughout this journey. To all the venues that have hosted us along the way, to all our loyal fans that have stuck with us from the beginning, you’ve made this all worthwhile.
And lastly, to one of our founding members Stefan Roodt for laying the foundation with us.